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Japan
Takayama, Gifu
Masakazu Taguchi
AGE
40
/
Apr 12, 1984
HEIGHT
5'7"
/
170.18 cm
WEIGHT
155 lbs
/
70.31 kg
ASSOCIATION
Purebred Omiya
CLASS
Lightweight
Wins
4
KO
/
TKO
3
75%
SUBMISSIONS
0
0%
DECISIONS
1
25%
Draws
1
Losses
8
KO
/
TKO
4
50%
SUBMISSIONS
1
13%
DECISIONS
3
38%
FIGHT HISTORY - PRO
Result
Fighter
Event
Method/
Referee
R
Time
loss
Juri Ohara
Deep - Tokyo Impact: Lightweight GP 2013 Opening Round
Mar / 10 / 2013
TKO (Punches)
2
0:18
loss
Sung Hwa Han
Gladiator - Gladiator 49
Dec / 16 / 2012
KO (Punch)
1
1:06
win
Yusuke Kanaeda
Deep - Tokyo Impact: Wave 4
Sep / 30 / 2012
TKO (Punches)
1
0:47
win
Hiroaki Nakayama
Shooto - Gig Tokyo 8
Jan / 21 / 2012
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
loss
J.J. Ambrose
Trench Warz 13 - Vengeance
Oct / 29 / 2010
TKO (Punches)
1
1:01
loss
Paolo Milano
Shooto - Gig Saitama 2
Jul / 04 / 2010
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Yohei Ota
Shooto - Kitazawa Shooto Vol. 3
May / 09 / 2010
KO (Punches)
Toshiharu Suzuki
1
2:37
loss
Hisaki Hiraishi
Shooto - Gig Tokyo 1
Feb / 28 / 2009
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
loss
Shinobu Miura
Shooto - 10/13 in Kitazawa Town Hall
Oct / 13 / 2008
Decision (Unanimous)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
loss
Kenichi Hattori
Shooto - Gig Central 14
Mar / 16 / 2008
Technical Submission (Armbar)
Toshiharu Suzuki
1
2:30
loss
Hidekazu Asakura
Shooto - Back To Our Roots 3
May / 18 / 2007
KO (Punch)
Toshiharu Suzuki
1
3:50
draw
Yuki Inoue
Shooto - 10/1 in Kitazawa Town Hall
Oct / 01 / 2006
Draw (Split)
Toshiharu Suzuki
2
5:00
win
Naoki Miyamoto
GCM - Demolition 060730
Jul / 30 / 2006
KO (Punch)
1
0:37
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